Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-11
PENDING STRIKES.
The Great Strikes of the New York
L0ngshOremen and Freight Hand
lers Pronounced q Failure.
One of tho Most Illuminating Defeats the
Knights of Labor Have Ever En-
countered in the East.
THE BLOCKADE BROKEN.

NEW YORK, Feb. Except for the
number OF longshoremen standing idle on
the corners of the streets, the river fronts
have assumed almost their normal ap-
peararce, though it requires q larger
number OF men to do the work now than
formerly. The steamboat and railroad
pier managers all claim that business is
as good as before the strike, and that
freight is being moved with the utmost
facility. The steamers now leave at their
advertised time, and the jam of freight on
the railroad piers no longer exists.
CAN'T GET BACK.
NEW YORK, Feb. MANY OF the
freight cm5argoes are now broken. The
new men have learned to handle freight
exgeditiously, and among the Sound
steamers there have been few blockades.
1t is known definitely that the CLYDE, the
Cromwell and the British Steamship
lines will not take back the strikers, and
it is reported that the Mallory, Ward
and The Red D lines will also refuse to
receive them 0gain. Little delay in load
ing coal is now experienced by tne agents
of the psssenge steamship companies.
PLAIN TALK TO THE STRIKERS.
NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-The Commercial
Advertiser says regarding the big strike:
The strike Of the railroad freight handlers
in this city was q week old last night.
The longshoremen quit work January -.
Both strikes are now admitted even by
their projectors to be failures. They
have not helped the cause of the coal
handlers and have not brought about any
increase Of pay. They have not
even seriously interfered with the
business of the companies against
which the movement was directed
There never WIGS great labor movement
in New York city which failed so
miserably as these strikes. At the
present time there are S714 freight
handlers and longshoremeu idle in New
York city as a result Of the strike. Two
weeks ago these men had steady employ
meDt st good wages. Most OF these
laboIers will never regain the
places they lost at the command
of the Knights CT Labor.
The Advertiser estimates the losses in
wages TO the striking freight handlers
and lOngshoremen TO date at about S2l0,-
600, and says: "If the longsh0remen
were to he granted tomorrow their de-
msnd fer an increase Of wages which
they made the pretext Of their strike, it
would take more than four months of
steady work for them to regain Whist they
have already lost"
WILL FIGHT TO THE END.
HOSToN, Mass, Feb. 9.-The employees
of the Cambridge Horse Railroad have
decided TO tie up the road. Their griev-
anCe is that the time tables which went
into effect Monday do not enable them
to do ten hours work inside of twelve
hours as promised by the company. The
officers of the company will make no
further attempts at reconciliation and
will fight the strikers to the end. This
strike, with that on the South Boston
road, makes the number of railroad men
now out about 900.
SILK OVERS ON A TRIKE.
PATTERSON, n. J., Feb. ga general
strike of silk dyers has begun here. They
demand s per week more pay and fifty
five hours to constitute weeks work.
About 1900 hands are out.
A COMPROMISE ACCEPTED.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Feb. 9.-The strike of
the 5000 Monongohela river coal miners
is practically settled. Meetings were
held by the miners II the various pools
last night and it was resolved to accept
the compromise suggested by the national
board. The operators were acquainted
with the action and notified the men this
to report for work tomorrow.